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Sunday, May 13, 2012

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Book
About to start Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess. She's the one responsible for the popular obsession with metal poultry. I'm looking for a vintage one for the backyard.

Makeup
Burberry Sheer Summer Glow (review soon). And to answer the many questions I've already gotten: Yes, it's a good fit for an NC30-35 skin tone.

Frequently Worn Outfit/Item
The weather is crazy. A cardigan is a girl's best friend.

Food
Brown rice. With avocado and wasabi, fried with assorted veggies, with various legumes.

Shame Inducing Guilty Pleasure
Fluff reading (and no, nothing to do with 50 Shades Of Grey. Even I have to put the line somewhere).

Bane Of My Existence
Apparently I'm allergic to nature. Five minutes of fresh air and my skin starts to itch.

Joy
Watching nature from the safety of a window.

Anticipation
The husband's birthday.

Wishlist
Cats who clean after themselves and a maxi dress that was designed for a petite frame.

Random Thought
Beautiful-

How are you doing? Any new loves, recommendations, banes and thoughts? Please share!

Photo of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at 'Our Greatest Team Rises -BOA Olympic Concert' in London by Chris Jackson via Zimbio.
Iris flowers in my backyard, photo by the husband.
Top photo: model wearing a Givenchy dress by Louise Dahl-Wolfe for Harper's Bazaar, May 1954, from myvintagevogue.com.

I'm going to make a 2nd attempt on "The Buenos Aires Quintet" which is a mystery that takes place first in Barcelona and then Argentina. I have a short attention span ...

I just purchased the Fendi fragrance in roll on form. I like it but didn't want to splurge on the full size. I also tried L'Occitane's latest LE fragrance Pivoine Flora. It's lovely! I purchased the LE gift set for my sister, but I'm still thinking about it for myself!

Is the Burberry Sheer Summer Glow a new foundation? I love their foundation and I am also NC30-35, so I'll look out for your review!

L'Occitane have been producing some beautiful scents lately. I'm still hoping for an EDP in the LE violet-rose line they released around the holidays. Even the body wash smelled like a million dollars.

The Burberry palette is a bronzer/highlighter thingy. I reviewed it yesterday. Highly recommended!

Reading: State of Wonder for Book Group. If a person liked Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, s/he should probably also like State of Wonder. Otherwise, history and cookbooks, including Jane Grigson's Food With The Famous.

Noodle kugel! My mom makes a wonderful version with flat egg noodles and ricotta cheese, and also one with apples. Now I'm hungry. We had cheese fondue last night and felt like I'll never want to eat again (there might have also been an ultra sinful dessert. Citrus pavlova).

Reading: The Queen Mother: The Official Biograph by Shawcross. If people think the young Royals party too much today, they should read this!

Perfume: 10 Corso Como. My ultimate comfort fragrance.

Joy/Listening: A local, totally listener-supported classical music radio station, which is WCPE. Right now it is playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. This station brings me an incredible amount of joy. You can also listen on the internet. Its internet address is theclassicalstation.org

Bane of my Existence: Also outside! The sun brings on migraines, the bugs and gnats fly straight for my face. I live in the south.

Beauty: The Duchess of Cambridge! I think Prince William took a lot of time and care to prepare her well so she would not have the same problems his mother had.

Hello Gaia, I can't make the link to the Guerlain nectar work -- is it me? I was lurking at the Chanel makeup counter last week when the Burberry SA saw me and lured me over. I am now a complete fan of the sheer summer glow and fresh glow luminous base ... The foundation may be too dry for me. I'm going back to purchase the first two and will ask for a sample of the foundation to try again. Thank you for your blog, btw, your photos, product selection and reviews are right on.

There's no real recipe. What I do is cook a cup of long grain brown rice in the rice-cooker (a vegetarian's best friend), slice and dice 1 large avocado and add it when the rice is done, season with 1-2 tbs of light/low sodium soy sauce and mix in a little wasabi to taste. Shamefully simple and oh so good.

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